A little goes a long way!

I know you're going to laugh that this is yet another potato blog but.... I wanted you to see how easy potatoes are to grow.  Early in the spring I peeled some spuds for a dish I was making and of course the peels went into the compost bucket and eventually into the pallet compost bin.  We have worked and stirred it at least once a week and last week when I went out to stir it again and get some finished compost for another project, here is what I found!

Those are potatoes coming right up in the center of the compost bin!  From just potato peelings! We have also had them grow up in the grass clippings that were piled up in the meadow area for storage, and when we threw a batch of kitchen scraps on top of the pile - up came the spuds!  So we will leave them alone and let them grow and empty one of the rolling composters out to start putting new scraps in!  Ill post an update when we harvest these ones and Reed's as well.  Reed has some that he planted in last year's corn rows that we have been burying as we go and they are doing wonderfully!  Stay tuned and throw some spud peels on your compost pile and let them grow!